Preview: Monroe Area vs. Oconee County
Monroe Area is 0-3 against Oconee County since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will head out on the road to square off against the Oconee County Warriors at 7:30 p.m. Monroe Area will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 277th, while Oconee County is ranked 86th).
On Saturday, Monroe Area kept a clean sheet against Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy. They came out on top against the by a score of 2-0.
Monroe Area was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Gabriel Portillo and
Jayden Diaz, who scored both of Monroe Area's goals. The pair have combined for a total of ten so far this season.
Meanwhile, Oconee County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They had just enough and edged Jefferson out 1-0.
Monroe Area's win bumped their record up to 4-2-1. As for Oconee County, they now have a winning record of 3-2-1.
Monroe Area suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Oconee County when the teams last played back in March of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Monroe Area was down 3-0.
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